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VIDEO: Baby naming ceremony for Rwanda gorillas September 7, 2015
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has attended the naming ceremony of 24 baby mountain gorillas born in the country this year.
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VIDEO: Farmers set hay alight in Brussels protest September 7, 2015
Thousands of farmers took to the streets of Brussels on Monday to protest against plummeting prices for their produce.
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VIDEO: Greek island becomes giant campsite September 7, 2015
Thousands of migrants and refugees have gathered in tents on Lesbos, Greece, in the hope of travelling on to Athens and northern and western Europe.
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VIDEO: The 'vital' role of mobile phones for refugees September 7, 2015
The BBC's Gavin Lee reports from Keleti station in Budapest in Hungary, where people in transit are now able to charge their mobile phones - often an important lifeline in their journey.
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VIDEO: Is Rio ready to hold Paralympics? September 7, 2015
With exactly one year to go until the Paralympics begin in Brazil, how is the city preparing and what is it like for disabled people living there?
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VIDEO: Scientists create the 'vomit machine' September 7, 2015
Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a "vomit machine".
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VIDEO: Timelapse: Two days at Munich station September 7, 2015
Over the weekend thousands of people, many of them Syrian refugees, arrived at Munich's central railway station.
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VIDEO: Kapoor sculpture vandalised again September 7, 2015
A sculpture by Sir Anish Kapoor on show at France's Palace of Versailles has been vandalised and covered with slogans, some of which are anti-Semitic.
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VIDEO: New Mexico student inquiry ordered September 7, 2015
An independent investigation into the disappearance of 43 Mexican students nearly a year ago has rejected the government's account of events.
– NASSIM SAADI
Nassim Saadi was born in Haidra, Tunisia on 11/30/1974. He entered Italy at some unspecified time between 1996 and 1999, held a residence permit issued for “family reasons” by the Bologna police authority in 12/2001. This permit was due to expire on 10/11/2002.
In 01/2002 Nassim Saadi traveled to Iran via Amsterdam and returned to Italy on 02/14/2002. He had also spoken of a “leader of the brothers” who was in Iran. Some of his associates had travelled to “training camps” in Afghanistan and procured weapons, explosives and observation and video recording equipment.
On 10/09/2002 Nassim Saadi was arrested on suspicion of involvement in international terrorism, among other offences, and placed in pre-trial detention. He and five others were subsequently committed for trial in the Milan Assize Court. In Nassim Saadi’s flat and those of his co-defendants the police had seized propaganda about Jihad – or Holy War – on behalf of Islam. In addition, in telephone calls to members of his family in Tunisia made from the place where Nassim Saadi was detained in Italy, he referred to the “martyrdom” of his brother Fadhal Saadi. In other conversations he had mentioned his intention to take part in Holy War.
In 2004 Nassim Saadi complained that while in jail he was beaten by Italian Mafia hooligans after he was, deliberately, locked with them in the same jail section.
Nassim Saadi, was sentenced by a military court in Tunisia in his absence in 2005 to 20 years in jail for membership in a terrorist organization and for incitement to terrorism. He denied both accusations.
Nassim Saadi, was sentenced, eventually, in 05/2005 for 4.5 years imprisonment for criminal conspiracy and of forgery but was acquitted of the main charge of helping plan terrorist attacks outside Italy and of recruiting militants. He is supposed to be deported back to Tunisia after his term in jail. He was released from jail in 2006 and fought in court his possible deportation to Tunisia also on the ground that he has a child in Italy.
On 02/28/2008 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Italy would violate the rights of a former Tunisian terror suspect if they were to deport him to his home country, where he allegedly faces torture.
** Fadhal Saadi, had been detained in Iran either in January or February 2002. After his release Fadhal Saadi had settled in France and stayed in contact with Nassim Saadi. He had then died in a suicide bombing, probably in Iraq, a fact which was a source of pride for Nassim Saadi and the other members of his family.
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